bore

to drill; a wearisome person; past tense of bear: She bore her pain without complaining.
Not to be confused with:boar – an animalboor – a peasant; a course, rude person: He is such a boor that I never invite him.

bore¹

B0354500 (bôr)v. bored, bor·ing, bores v.tr.1. To make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill.2. To form (a tunnel, for example) by drilling, digging, or burrowing.v.intr.1. To make a hole in or through something with or as if with a drill: "three types of protein that enable the cells to bore in and out of blood vessels" (Elisabeth Rosenthal).2. To proceed or advance steadily or laboriously: a destroyer boring through heavy seas.n.1. A hole or passage made by or as if by use of a drill.2. A hollow, usually cylindrical chamber or barrel, as of a firearm.3. The interior diameter of a hole, tube, or cylinder.4. The caliber of a firearm.5. A drilling tool.

[Middle English boren, from Old English borian.]

bore²

B0354500 (bôr)tr.v. bored, bor·ing, bores To make weary by being dull, repetitive, or tedious: The movie bored us.n. One that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious.

[Origin unknown.]Usage Note: If an activity or experience starts to bore you, are you bored by it, bored of it, or bored with it? All three constructions are common in informal writing and speech, but they enjoy different degrees of acceptance. The most widely approved wordings are bored with and bored by. In our 2012 survey, the sentences I'm getting bored with this lecture series and I'm getting bored by this lecture series were accepted by 93 percent and 88 percent of our Usage Panel, respectively. By contrast, only 24 percent of the Panelists found I'm getting bored of this lecture series at least somewhat acceptable. Why is the bored of construction so widely condemned, when tired of, on which it is presumably modeled, is universally accepted? Probably because tired of was grandfathered into our language, as a relic of the once-common use of of in passive-voice constructions (in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, for instance, Benedict describes himself as being "loved of all ladies"—that is, loved by them). By the time bore came into English in the late 1800s, the use of of to indicate the agent in passive constructions was uncommon. People have kept using such pre-existent familiar phrasings as tired of and frightened of, but otherwise the passive-agent use of of is mostly defunct, so the phrasing bored of is likely to seem like an error to many readers.

bore³

B0354500 (bôr)n. See tidal bore.

[Middle English bare, wave, from Old Norse bāra; see bher- in Indo-European roots.]

bore⁴

B0354500 (bôr)v.Past tense of bear¹.

bore

(bɔː) vb1. (Mechanical Engineering) to produce (a hole) in (a material) by use of a drill, auger, or other cutting tool2. (Mechanical Engineering) to increase the diameter of (a hole), as by an internal turning operation on a lathe or similar machine3. (tr) to produce (a hole in the ground, tunnel, mine shaft, etc) by digging, drilling, cutting, etc4. (Individual Sports, other than specified) (intr) informal (of a horse or athlete in a race) to push other competitors, esp in order to try to get them out of the wayn5. a hole or tunnel in the ground, esp one drilled in search of minerals, oil, etc6. (Mechanical Engineering) a. a circular hole in a material produced by drilling, turning, or drawingb. the diameter of such a hole7. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a. the hollow part of a tube or cylinder, esp of a gun barrelb. the diameter of such a hollow part; calibre8. Austral an artesian well[Old English borian; related to Old Norse bora, Old High German borōn to bore, Latin forāre to pierce, Greek pharos ploughing, phárunx pharynx]

bore

(bɔː) vb (tr) to tire or make weary by being dull, repetitious, or uninterestingna dull, repetitious, or uninteresting person, activity, or state[C18: of unknown origin] bored adj

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(bɔː) n (Physical Geography) a high steep-fronted wave moving up a narrow estuary, caused by the tide[C17: from Old Norse bāra wave, billow]

bore

(bɔː) vb the past tense of bear¹

bore¹

(bɔr, boʊr)

v. bored, bor•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument. 2. to make (a hole) with such an instrument. 3. to make (a tunnel, mine, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material. 4. to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work. 5. to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usu. fol. by through or into). v.i. 6. to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument. n. 7. a hole made or enlarged by boring. 8. the inside diameter of a hole or hollow cylindrical object, such as an engine cylinder or a gun barrel. [before 900; Middle English; Old English borian]

bore²

(bɔr, boʊr)

v. bored, bor•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to weary by dullness, repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.: The long speech bored me. n. 2. a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person. 3. a cause of ennui or petty annoyance: The play was a bore. [1760–70; of uncertain orig.]

bore³

(bɔr, boʊr)

n. an abrupt rise of tidal water moving inland from the mouth of an estuary. [1275–1325; Middle English bare < Old Norse bāra wave]

bore⁴

(bɔr, boʊr)
v. pt. of bear ¹.

bore

1. 'bore'

Bore is a verb, and it is also the past tense of the verb bear.

See bear

If something or someone bores you, you don't find them interesting.

Life in the countryside bores me.They used to enjoy his company, but now he bored them.2. 'bored'

You can say that you are bored with something or someone.

Tom was bored with the film.

If you have nothing to do, you can say that you are bored.

Many children get bored during the summer holidays.3. 'boring'

Don't confuse bored with boring. If you say that someone or something is boring, you mean that they bore you.

It's a very boring job.He's a kind man, but he's a bit boring.

bore

Past participle: bored
Gerund: boring

Imperative
bore
bore

Present
I bore
you bore
he/she/it bores
we bore
you bore
they bore

Preterite
I bored
you bored
he/she/it bored
we bored
you bored
they bored

Present Continuous
I am boring
you are boring
he/she/it is boring
we are boring
you are boring
they are boring

Present Perfect
I have bored
you have bored
he/she/it has bored
we have bored
you have bored
they have bored

Past Continuous
I was boring
you were boring
he/she/it was boring
we were boring
you were boring
they were boring

Past Perfect
I had bored
you had bored
he/she/it had bored
we had bored
you had bored
they had bored

Future
I will bore
you will bore
he/she/it will bore
we will bore
you will bore
they will bore

Future Perfect
I will have bored
you will have bored
he/she/it will have bored
we will have bored
you will have bored
they will have bored

Future Continuous
I will be boring
you will be boring
he/she/it will be boring
we will be boring
you will be boring
they will be boring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been boring
you have been boring
he/she/it has been boring
we have been boring
you have been boring
they have been boring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been boring
you will have been boring
he/she/it will have been boring
we will have been boring
you will have been boring
they will have been boring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been boring
you had been boring
he/she/it had been boring
we had been boring
you had been boring
they had been boring

Conditional
I would bore
you would bore
he/she/it would bore
we would bore
you would bore
they would bore

Past Conditional
I would have bored
you would have bored
he/she/it would have bored
we would have bored
you would have bored
they would have bored

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bore - a person who evokes boredom dullarddisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeablegasbag, windbag - a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topicsnudnick, nudnik - (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pestplatitudinarian - a bore who makes excessive use of platitudesstuffed shirt - a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned
	2.	bore - a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)aegir, eager, eagre, tidal boretidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides
	3.	bore - diameter of a tube or gun barrelcaliber, calibre, gaugediam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
	4.	bore - a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposesbore-hole, drill holemining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earthexcavation - a hole in the ground made by excavatingshot hole - drill hole for a charge of an explosive
Verb	1.	bore - cause to be boredtireinterest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
	2.	bore - make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"drillspud - initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April"counter-drill - drill in an opposite directiontrepan - cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgerycut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

bore

¹verb1. drill, mine, sink, tunnel, pierce, penetrate, burrow, puncture, perforate, gouge out Get the special drill bit to bore the correct-size hole.noun1. hole, tunnel, shaft, borehole, drill hole Water is pumped out to reduce pressure around the well bore.

bore

²verb1. tire, exhaust, annoy, fatigue, weary, wear out, jade, wear down, be tedious, pall on, send to sleep Dickie bored him all through the meal with stories of the Navy.
tire interest, excite, fascinate, stimulate, amuse, divert, hold the attention of, engrossnoun1. nuisance, pain (informal), drag (informal), headache (informal), yawn (informal), anorak (informal), pain in the neck (informal), dullard, pain in the arse (taboo informal), dull person, tiresome person, wearisome talker He's a bore and a fool.Quotations
"Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]
"The way to be a bore is to say everything" [Voltaire Sept Discours en vers sur l'Homme]
"A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you" [Bert Leston Taylor The So-Called Human Race]
"A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience" [John Updike Confessions of a Wild Bore]
"Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week" [W.D. Howells]

bore

verbTo fatigue with dullness or tedium:tire, weary.nounAn unpleasant, tiresome person:Slang: drip, dweeb, jerk, nerd, pill, poop.

Translations

使厌烦口径惹人厌烦的人惹人厌烦的物烦扰

bore¹

(boː) verb to make (a hole etc in something). They bored a tunnel under the sea. 钻（孔） noun the size of the hollow barrel of a gun. （枪的）口径 ˈborehole noun a hole made by boring, especially to find oil etc. 孔洞

bore²

(boː) verb to make (someone) feel tired and uninterested, by being dull etc. He bores everyone with stories about his travels.使厌烦 noun a dull, boring person or thing. 惹人厌烦的人（物） ˈboredom noun the state of being bored. 厌烦，无聊 ˈboring adjectivea boring job; This book is boring.令人厌烦的

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bore

bore,

inrush of water that advances upstream with a wavelike front, caused by the progress of incoming tide from a wide-mouthed bay into its narrower portion. The tidal movement tends to be retarded by friction as it reaches the shallower water and meets the river current; it therefore piles up and forms a low wall of water that moves upstream with considerable force and velocity as the tide continues to rise. In the mouth of the Amazon River a tidal bore known locally as the pororoca occurs every spring tide. It has a wall of water from 5 to 15 ft (1.5–4.6 m) high and advances at a speed of from 10 to 15 mi (16–24 km) per hr. The highest recorded bore (15 ft/4.6 m) is found in the Fuchun River near Hangzhou, China. Bores are found also in the Bay of Fundy, in Solway Firth, in the Severn, Seine, and Hugli rivers, and in Hangzhou Bay.

bore

[bȯr] (design engineering) Inside diameter of a pipe or tube. (mechanical engineering) The diameter of a piston-cylinder mechanism as found in reciprocating engines, pumps, and compressors. To penetrate or pierce with a rotary tool. To machine a workpiece to increase the size of an existing hole in it. (mining engineering) A tunnel under construction. To cut or drill a hole for blasting, water infusion, exploration, or water or firedamp drainage. (oceanography) A high, breaking wave of water, advancing rapidly up an estuary. Also known as eager; mascaret; tidal bore. A submarine sand ridge, in very shallow water, whose crest may rise to intertidal level. (ordnance) The interior of a gun barrel or tube.

bore

1. The inside diameter of a pipe, valve, or other fitting. 2. The circular hole made by boring.

bore

The inside diameter of the cylinder of a reciprocating engine.

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¹a. a circular hole in a material produced by drilling, turning, or drawing b. the diameter of such a hole

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² a high steep-fronted wave moving up a narrow estuary, caused by the tide

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verb drill

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verb to fatigue with dullness or tedium

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noun an unpleasant, tiresome person

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noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

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noun diameter of a tube or gun barrel

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noun a hole or passage made by a drill

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verb cause to be bored

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verb make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

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